Combined pants stretcher and presser.



S. G. AUSTIN. COMBINED PANTS STRETCHER AND PRESSER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 10, 1908.

Patented July 13, 1909...

INVENTEIR WITNESSES SAMUEL G.AUST1,N, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

COIlIfBIIfIED PANTS STRETCHER AND PRESSER.

Specification of Letters IPatent.

Patented July 13, 1969 Application filed September 10, 1908. Serial No. 452,475.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it'known that I, SAMUEL G. AUsTiN, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Wheeling, county of Ohio, and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Pants Stretchers and'Pressers, of which the following is a specification.

-'lhisinvention relates to improvements in pants stretchers, and more especially to a combined pants stretcher and presser;.and it consists in the particular construction, arrangement and combination of parts which will hereinafter be fully described.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an eflicient device orapparatus for pressing and stretching trousers which is extremely simple, inexpensive, strong and durable in its construction.

In describing the invention indetail,-refer ence is herein had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention, illustrating the application thereof; Fig. 2is a top plan view of the invention Fig. 3 is a front end view of the same; Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section on the line 44, Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail section, illustrating the binding means; and Fig. 6 is a detail per- ,spective view, illustrating a modified formation of said binding means.

Referring to said drawing, in which like designating characters distinguish like parts throughout the several views-1 and 2 rcspectively indicate similarly-shaped top and bottom presser-boards which preferably have their adjacent faces padded, as shown at 3 and 4. Mounted upon the upper face of the top board 1 is a plurality o1" transverse straps 5, preferably of metal, whose ends project outward beyond the lateral edges of said board, and mounted upon the under face of the bottom board 2 is a plurality of transverse straps 6 whose. outer ends similarly project beyond the lateral edges 01' said bottomb'oard, the straps 5 and 6 being arranged in oppositely-disposed or vertically-aimed pairs, as shown.

In the pro ecting end of each of the straps 6-is a hole or eye in which is loosely held the close d hook end 7 of a binding-bolt 8 whose free end is threaded and bears thereon a wing-nut 9. ,Said bolts are adapted to stand upright with their upper ends in open slots 10' provided in the ends of the straps 5. and to have the wing-nuts 9 threaded or screwed downward into impinging relationiwith saidstrap 5 for exerting pressure upon an in'terposed pair oi trousers. As is obvious, when it is desired to remove the trousers. the wing .nuts'have only to be loosened. when the bolts may be swung outward from the slots 10'.

leaving the 'top' board free -for removal.

Instead of the binding means ust described, the followin 'described means, illustrated in Fig.6, ma. he employed: The outer end of each of the s raps 6' is provided with a short longitudinal slot 11 through which the stem 8 of abinding-bolt, having a crosshead 12 of cylindrical shape, is projected, and said outer end of the strap is turned under,-as shown at 13, for loosely holding said crosshead. As is clearly apparent, the bolt may be readily swung outward from, and back to, vertical position as occasion requires.

Fixed in any appropriate manner to the bottom board 2 at its front end are two forwardly directed arms 14 having uprighttori'ninals 15, one of which has therein a hole or aperture through which is projected the threaded forwardly-directed end 16 of a transverse rod 17 whose opposite forwardlydirectcd end 18 lies in an open slot 19 provided in the other terminal 15. The rod 17 preferably has an anti-friction roller 20 mounted thereon and stands on a horizontal plane with the adjacent or meeting padded faces of the top and bottom boards 1 and 2. VVing-nuts 21. mounted on the threaded ends 16 and 18 against the outer faces of the terminals 15 are adapted to be manipulated for adjusting the position of the rod 17 with relation to said boards.

In practice, the'uppcr or waist portion of the-trousers to'be pressed and stretched is laid in position upon the padded Face 4 of the bottom board 2, allowing. the legs to hang over the-front end thereof. Then, swinging the rod 17 over from the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, its end 18 is dropped into the slot 19, and the legs are then folded up around the anti-friction roller-2O and are laid upon the upper portion so that their lower ends reach to a point approximately under that at which the rearmost strap 5 is located. The binding-bolts which cooperate with said rcarmost strap are then swung into place, and the wing-nuts 9 carried thereby are screwed down to cause the rear ends-of the boards to bind upon the endsof the trousers,

'- the front ends of-the boards being allowed,

I for the time being,

by screwing the nuts 21 along, the threaded ends 16 and 1 8, the rod 17 is drawn forward,

' sufficient tension has been latter,

end. of the deviceare swunginto their slots to remain loose. Then,

eflectually stretching the trousers; and when the bolts 8 carried adjacent the front and the nuts carried thereby are screwed downward to bring the desired pressure to bearupon the stretched trousers.

- I threaded arms adjusta 1y mounted in said- Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a trousers stretcher, a pair of presser v boards, meansfor adjusting said boards into cooperatlve pressing relation, a pair of straps carried by the lower board at one end thereof, said straps having upright terminals, a transverse rod havjn forwardly-directed terminals, and adjusting nuts mounted on saidarms against the outer face of said terexerted upon the minals whereby said and may be adjusted with relation to said boards.

2. In a trousers stretcher, a pairof presserboards, means for adjusting said boards in cooperative pressing relation, a pair of straps carried by the lowermost board at one end thereof, upright terminals carried by said straps, one terminal having an aperture therethrough and the other having a slot therein, a rod having its ends extended at rigl1t angles to the body thereof and mounted with one end projected outward through the aperture and the other through said slot, an anti-friction roller carried by said rod, and adjusting nuts carried by the ends of said rod against the outer faces of said terminals whereby the body of said rod may b e ad- 

